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About Jonathan Callaway:

Name: John C. Calloway
Death date: 10 Jan 1937
Death place: Clanton, Chilton, Alabama
Gender: Male
Race or color (on document): w
Race or color (expanded): White
Age at death: 75y
Birth date: 5 Feb 1861
Birth place: Chilton Co, Ala
Marital status: Married
Spouse name: Elizabeth Bates
Father name: John C. Calloway
Father birth place: Coosa Co, Ala
Mother name: Ruth Eiland
Mother birth place: Cossa Co, Ala
Occupation: Blacksmith
Residence: Clanton, Chilton, Alabama
Cemetery name: Povidence
Burial date: 11 Jan 1937

Callaway, John C. February 04, 1861 January 10, 1937
(1) Genealogical Abstracts from Chilton County Newspapers 1898 through 1945, compiled by Cecil Little, 1-14-1937, John Callaway, age 76, died in Providence Beat !6, Jan. 10, of Heart Dropsey. Burial was at Providence Beat 16. The Song, "A Lone Pilgrim" was at his request sung by Riley Robinson as the body was lowered into the Grave. The aged man had planned his entire funeral service. He is survived by his Widow, Mrs. Lizzie Callaway, three Sons, Frank, Fred and Spurgeon Callaway. Two Daughters Mrs. Filey Funderburk of Dallas, Texas, and Mrs. Arrie Jones of Clanton, One Brother, Gil Callaway of Montgomery, One Sister, LaFadre Robinson of Verbena. He was born in Coosa County in 1861 and moved to the area of Providence Beat 16 when he was 2 years old. He died on his 55th wedding Anniversary. He married Miss Lizzie Bathes Jan. 10, 1882. He was a Blacksmith by trade and worked in Wetumpka and at Verbena a few years before he returned to Beat 16. He was the Son of Jonathan and Rutha Eiland Callaway.(2) Cemeteries of Chilton by Benjamin D. Roberts, page 150, Calloway, J.C. 1861 1937.